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  • A Stranger at Home A True Story
    Author:

    Jordan-Fenton, Christy

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    Pokiak-Fenton, Margaret

    Summary:

    Traveling to be reunited with her family in the arctic, 10-year-old Margaret Pokiak can hardly contain her excitement.

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  • Fatty legs a true story
    Author:

    Jordan-Fenton, Christy

    Summary:

    This book chronicles the unbreakable spirit of an Inuit girl while attending an Arctic residential school.

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    • s3://nnels-data-prod/CA/BC/BVAUCC/2272_Fatty_legs.zip
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      Narrator: Multiple Readers
      Publisher: Crane Library, Fri, 05/15/2015 - 12:00
  • Not my girl
    Author:

    Jordan-Fenton, Christy

    Summary:

    Looks at the experiences of a young Inuit girl returning from a residential religious school, where she is not recognized by her mother and is seen as an outsider.

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    • s3://nnels-data-prod/CA/BC/BVAUCC/5887_Not_my_girl.zip
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      Running Time: 1300
      Narrator: Laurie Dawson
      Publisher: Crane Library, Sat, 02/06/2016 - 12:00
    • s3://nnels-data-prod/CA/NNELS/20160818145301_Not_My_Girl.docx
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      Publisher: BC Libraries Cooperative, Thu, 08/18/2016 - 12:00
    • s3://nnels-data-prod/CA/NNELS/20160818145301_Not_My_Girl-del_2020-05_DND.pdf
      Publisher: Annick Press, Wed, 01/01/2014 - 12:00
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      Delete all copies by May 2020.

  • Abraham's diary : part 1
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    In 1880, two Inuit families from Labrador in northern Canada were exhibited in European zoos. Spectators flocked to the zoo exhibit expecting to see "exotics" from some "primitive race".

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Indigenous materials, History and geography, Discursive works

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  • Any mummers allowed? : part 2 : mummers abroad
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    A 2-hour series about the tradition of Christmas mummering Long before Santa, Bing Crosby and the Mattel Toy Company stole the occasion, the Winter Solstice was celebrated with seasonal rituals lik

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Atlantic airlift : the story of ferry command
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    May 1940. Britain is losing the war. Churchill is desperate for bombers. Aircraft deliveries from U.S. factories are being ravaged by German U-Boats at sea.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Both sides now : part 1
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    This two-hour series is a revealing personal and professional portrait of Canadian singer and composer Joni Mitchell.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Music

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  • Both sides now : part 2
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    This two-hour series is a revealing personal and professional portrait of Canadian singer and composer Joni Mitchell.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Music, Biographies and autobiographies

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  • Cholera diary
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    Joelle Pouliot was a nurse with a comfortable life in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Then she volunteered for a 6-week stint with Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Medicine, health and fitness, Discursive works

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  • Death at the door
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    The Salvadoran Civil War was a conflict between the military-led government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition of five left-wing guerrilla groups.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Fish & chips with Jimi
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    On the anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's death, a smoking-hot blues guitarist in a small Canadian city announces a tribute concert in a local tavern.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Music

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  • Flight of fancy : traveling light
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    The Monarch butterfly is the marathon runner of the insect world.

    Genre: Math and science, Pets and animals

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  • Meet the Ghents
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    A modern working family, trying to make a living without losing what they value the most.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction

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  • Mister Punch
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    How a deformed, child-murdering, wife-beating, psychopathic hand puppet became a cultural icon, a famous satirical magazine, and a four-century-old folkplay cherished by small children for enacting

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • Not fit for it : part 1
    Author:

    Brookes, Chris

    Summary:

    Recreating the period March 1932 - March 1934 in Newfoundland.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Political science, History and geography

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